Ready Only Access to API

[Joey Bridges]

We have a request for a client to have read only access to the API however not sure how to execute this.

What we have investigated so far:

• To have API access it must be granted through the MCC
• If one is making calls to the reporting functions that is read-only

If anyone has any step by step guides or information we can read on this it would be great. We have a set of developers that wants to access information in Google Ads for clients however they want to make sure they don't make any changes that could affect the accounts. They only want get information for reporting.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Joey,

You can grant access to your Google Ads account via UI by following the steps in this support article. Once you grant access to your client account, you can edit the access level to the level that best suits the client's needs. In this case, if you only want your clients to be able to get reporting information, you should provide them “Read-only” access. 

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

Thanks,
Danica Calusin, Google Ads API Team

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[Joey Bridges]

Danica thank you. Adding to the UI for edit access makes total sense. So if that user has read-only access to the UL does that mean it applies when they access the API?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Joey,

Yes, the user's access levels should be the same in both the UI and the API. If you would like to read more about managing access levels via API, you can also take a look at this guide.

Hope this helps!

Regards,